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1953 Space Travel Movie It Came from Outer Space

Based on a Ray Bradbury story “The Meteor”. Amateur astronomer John Putnam, a romantic dreamer misunderstood by the local townsfolk, and schoolteacher and fiance Ellen Fields see a fiery ball fall from the sky and crash into the desert near the small town of Sand Rock, Arizona. John drags his friend, Pete, out of bed to take him and Ellen over to the crash site near the old Excelsior Mine in his helicopter. Once there, John climbs down into the crater. Unfortunately, he does so alone, as Pete and Ellen wait for him on the rim of the crash crater. John is the only one who sees the spaceship before a landslide covers it. And John is the only one who catches a glimpse of the hideous thing inside.

John Putnam’s story is ridiculed by the townspeople, Sheriff Warren, and the local media. Even Ellen is unsure of what to believe at first, but soon agrees to assist John in further investigation. In the following days, several local people disappear. A few return, only to begin to act in bizarre ways, such as speaking and behaving in a zombie-like manner and staring directly at the sun for long periods of time. In the meantime, the local telephone repairmen, Frank Daylon and his assistant George, are kidnapped by the creatures who convert to the looks of the repairmen and begin to act strangely. John is convinced that their likenesses were taken over by the space visitors. As it turns out, they are actually aliens from the buried spaceship, and the real humans have been abducted by them including his fiance Ellen.

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The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon

Last episode Flash, Thun, the powerful huge bearded Prince of the Lionmen and Prince Barin, a former member of Emperor Ming’s court, Dr. Zarkov and Dale Arden are re-captured by Emperor Ming’s soldiers. Securely bound they were placed on a gyroship and sent as slaves to the prison city of the Hawkmen.

The story continues this episode onboard the prison ship carrying our friends through the stratosphere on the way to the prison city of the Hawkmen. In the cell room Flash and Prince Thun work feverishly on each others bonds.

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Cast of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

Last episode Buck and Wilma finally got on the trail of Black Barney’s rocketship and we learned Killer Kane, Ardala with Barney as their prisoner have landed at the ruins of ancient Philadelphia, which was destroyed by the Mongol invasion of the United States, where they are setting up their headquarters.

We pickup this episode with Killer Kane, Ardala and Black Barney are setting up their new headquarters in what used to be the mad Professor Smith’s old hideout. Their hideout is what used to be an old 20th and 21st century subway line alongside the Delaware River.

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Prolific Classic Space Travel Actor Morris Ankrum

Space Travel Hero Role: Morris Ankrum was a versatile actor who began acting late in life and who specialized in playing roles of senior governement officials. This was especially true in his many roles as a General in charge of dealing with alien invasions, most memorably as Colonel Fielding in the classic 1953 movie Invaders from Mars.

Space Travel Bio: Born Morris Nussbaum in Danville, Illinois, Ankrum’s originally began his career in academics. After graduating from USC with a law degree, he went on to an associate professorship in economics at the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley, he became involved in the drama department and eventually began teaching drama and directing at the Pasadena Playhouse.

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The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon

Last episode you may remember, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkoff saved the Earth from destruction by taking off in a rocketship to a planet which threatened to collide with it. They became marooned on the planet, called Mongo. The Emperor, Ming the Merciless, ordered Flash killed, and commanded Dale to marry him. The royal princess Aura, Emperor Ming’s daughter who has fallen in love with Flash, saved him. Thun, Prince of the Lion Men, helped Flash prevent Ming from marrying Dale, by breaking up the marriage ceremony and escaping underground.

Now, we continue the story. Flash and Dale are captured by the Sharkmen. Princess Aura appears and again saves Flash, who in turn, tries to free Dale, but Thun’s father, searching for his princely son, captures the Princess and Flash. Rather than remain a captive, the proud Aura hurls herself over the cliff, only to be caught by the terrible leaves of a constrictor plant. Flash hastens to her aid.

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Cast of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

In the last episode Killer Kane, Ardala and Black Barney have left the ancient city of Philadelphia in the test ship where they just sent Willie off back to Niagra City on a Rocket Scout to deliver a message to Buck Rogers. Kane who is aware of the ability of the Gas Analyzer to follow rocket trails has been using every trick he can to hide their rocket trail.

We pickup this episode with Killer Kane, Ardala and Black Barney using the Gyro Cosmic Relativator in their stolen rocketship to land at their hide-out. They no sooner land than Killer Kane breaks out the Psychic Restriction Ray threatening Black Barney with it.

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Journey into Space

In the last episode of our story Operation Luna episode 9 Jet, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy are airborne in the strange aliens spaceship, when a 3-D Televiewer turns on and they can see the country side passing under them. After a while a small city comes into view then passes on by as they continue to travel for quite some time then the ship begins to land. We join them in this episode just as they are landing.

After a short time they re-establish contact with the mysterious alien. He shows them an image on the 3-D Televiewer and Doc recognizes that he had seen that image before on the moon. The alien explains that it was one of several images they had transmitted to the earthmen in an attempt to open communication with them.

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The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon

Our story opens aboard a giant airliner, Flash Gordon, internationally famous athlete, looks admiringly across the aisle at Dale Arden. Their minds both are intent on a new planet, hurtling through space directly in the path of the Earth. Suddenly there’s a violent jar.

The plane lurches into a spinning nose dive. Flash Gordon gathers Dale in his arms and then leaps free of the falling plane, pulling the ripcord of his parachute and glides to Earth landing near the laboratory of the great scientist, Dr. Hans Zarkov.

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Cast of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

In the last episode Killer Kane orders Black Barney to head the test ship to the ruins of the ancient city of Philadelphia where they will meet Ardala.

Back at the Municipal Space Port Buck Rogers and Wilma Deering are waiting for Black Barney to land the test ship. They are unaware that Killer Kane has hijacked the test ship and Barney and Willie are Kane’s prisoners.

After waiting over an hour for Barney to return with the test ship and the Gyro Cosmic Relativator Buck and Wilma decide to take off in a Battle Cruiser that is equipped with a Gas Analyzer that can follow the trail of a rockeship’s rocket engine. Their plan is to meet up with Barney and the test ship and link up using a Collapsible Air Lock and transfer the Gyro Cosmic Relativator over to their Battle Cruiser.

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The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon

Starting 22 April 1935 “The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon” hit the radio air waves as a 26-episode weekly radio serial. In the “The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon” radio serial Flash Gordon was played by Gale Gordon, Dr. Zarkov was played by Maurice Franklin and Bruno Wick as Ming the Merciless.

On 28 October 1935, The Further Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon debuted as a five day a week series. This series strayed farther afield from Alex Raymond’s comic strip, involving Flash, Dale and Zarkov in an adventure in Atlantis. The series aired 74 episodes and was sponsored by Groves Nose Spray, ending on February 6, 1936.

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